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It’s not even September, but the Madison County softball team is battle tested. The Red Raiders (6-2) hosted the 12-team Leadoff Classic last week and finished second to Walnut Grove, which edged Madison County in a dramatic 2-1 game Friday night. But Madison County bounced back to down perennially tough Greenbrier 8-7 in a nine-inning ...
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WHEN Jefferson lines up Aug. 31 against Commerce, it will do so with four new starters in the offensive trenches. Besides the defensive backfield, no other position on the football field for Jefferson has experienced more overhaul since last season for the Dragons. How well this new-look offensive line responds has been one of the major talking ...
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THE MOVE up to Class AAA has done nothing to temper expectations surrounding Jackson County’s girls’ cross country team, which has advanced to four-straight state meets. In fact, the Lady Panthers check in at no. 9 in the Class AAA preseason rankings. As members of Region 8-AAA now, Jackson County will run in a region that still includes ...
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There’s going the extra mile. Then, there’s what the Jefferson cross country program did in the offseason. The Dragons and Lady Dragons’ intensive summer training included running a half marathon on the final day of offseason workouts. In fact, 13 runners completed the 13.1-mile course designed by coach Katie Sellers. “I was very proud ...
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EAST JACKSON’S cross country teams hoped they’d be running on into November last year, but the Eagle runners hit a late-October wall. The East Jackson boys finished fifth at the Region 8-AA meet a year ago, while the girls finished sixth. Season over. “We didn’t run quite as well as I thought we would at region,” second-year coach ...
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JACKSON County’s Mason Garland was selected as the Most Outstanding Defensive Player at the All-American Games in Akron, Ohio. Garland, a junior at Jackson County Comprehensive High School, was one of the top 45 ranked softball players in the nation asked to participate in games held at Firestone Stadium in Akron. Over 1,000 players from all ...
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THE MOVE up to Class AAA has done nothing to temper expectations surrounding Jackson County’s girls’ cross country team, which has advanced to four-straight state meets. In fact, the Lady Panthers check in at no. 9 in the Class AAA preseason rankings. As members of Region 8-AAA now, Jackson County will run in a region that still includes ...
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Apalachee High School football coach Shane Davis saw some good, some not-so-good and some in-between Friday night. In other words, it was a typical preseason high school football scrimmage. The Wildcats fell to Elbert County 27-18 and Davis said he did not want to downplay that score. “The score matters,” the AHS coach said. “However, we ...
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As the closing ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics take place I think back to the many wonderful moments for the United States of America in this year’s Olympics. This nation saw one of its top swimmers, Michael Phelps, become the most decorated Olympian of all time when he brought his total medal count to twenty-two, eighteen of which are ...
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For Bethlehem Christian Academy football coach Don Garmon, it was simply nice to be on the field against an opposing team. The BCA Knights took part in a jamboree type scrimmage Friday competing against Loganville Christian Academy and Crown Athletics. “It’s tough for us to scrimmage in practice with our numbers,” Garmon said. “To be ...
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